Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] to get on [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many educationalists in the nineteenth century believed that for the young it was right to teach only what was certain , such as geometry and classical languages ; once these had been mastered it would be all right to get on to more hypothetical subjects . |
| 2 | They are so keen to get on with it that they can be guaranteed to see the rabbit before any human and are fast off the mark . |
| 3 | By all accounts , William senior was not easy to get on with the turnover of partners in the early years of the practice was rapid , until he met his match in one Major Faulks in 1905 who not only outlived him , but stayed with the firm as a consultant until 1965 when he finally retired — at the age of 90 . |
| 4 | He 's just happy to get on with it . |
| 5 | Contestant , Fiona , says she 's just eager to get on with the game as soon as possible . |
| 6 | Contestant , Fiona , says she 's just eager to get on with the game as soon as possible . |
| 7 | Described by his owner-trainer as ‘ a long , leeky , plain-looking horse ’ , Norton 's Coin ambled along quietly while the fan club squeaked its excitement at the appearance of Desert Orchid , striding jauntily around the parade ring and clearly eager to get on with the business . |
| 8 | The technique of reflecting back helps the interaction : ‘ Let me see : have I understood you right , that your son left home before his marriage ? ’ 'Do you find it really hard to get on with her then ? ’ |
| 9 | Leonora , the creative one , was perfectly happy to get on with her knitting in her little nook in the shop , help with the customers when trade was brisk , type what correspondence was necessary and otherwise leave Elise to the hard sell . |
| 10 | It had taken her four years to get over him ; four years to get to the point where she could tell herself with some conviction that she had shaken off the last of the memories and was really ready to get on with her life . |
| 11 | No , no I know well ready to get on with the next bit . |
| 12 | The other Met girls , Sheila , Marjorie , Babs , Dora and Jean were all very easy to get on with , and the Met Office was custom built for the job , with benches that were properly lit and stools the right height for us to work from . |
| 13 | Overall , the 238's layout is very easy to get on with , and it does n't take long , even for a first-timer , to get the hang of operating the buttons . |
| 14 | In fact I found Shakespeare very difficult to get on with and was n't at all sure that I wanted to . |
| 15 | Because of this , they do n't find it easy to make friends and are very difficult to get on with . |